Transpersonal Psychology in Psychoanalytic Perspective

by Washburn, Michael

• ISBN13: 9780791419540
• ISBN10: 0791419541
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1999-03-01
• Publisher: State Univ of New York Pr

Summary

In this book, Michael Washburn provides a psychoanalytic foundation for transpersonal psychology. Using psychoanalytic theory, Washburn explains how ego development both prepares for and creates obstacles to ego transcendence.

Table of Contents

Preface	xi
Acknowledgments	xv
Introudction	1	(18)
The Sources of Experience in Infancy	19	(25)
The Nonegoic Core of the Psyche	20	(10)
The Traditional View of the Infant's Experience	30	(5)
The Nonegoic Core as a Source of the Infant's Experience	35	(3)
The Nonegoic Core and the Preoedipal ``Object''	38	(4)
Conclusion	42	(2)
Ego Formation and the Origins of Dualism in Early Chilhdhood	44	(32)
The Early Preoedipal Period	45	(6)
Rapprochement, Ambivalence, and the Splitting of the Great Mother	51	(3)
The Repressive Underpinnings of Object Constancy	54	(13)
The Oedipus Complex and the Consolidation of Ego Dominance	67	(6)
Conclusion	73	(3)
Ego and Gender	76	(20)
Gender Asymmetries in Preoedipal Development and Consequent Gender Disparities in Later Life	76	(5)
Gender Variations in the Oedipus Complex	81	(3)
Gender Differences and Superego Formation	84	(2)
Narrow versus Wide Gender Differences	86	(6)
Gender Differences in the Contex of Patriarchal Dualism	92	(2)
Conclusion	94	(2)
Ego Development and Dualism in Latency	96	(27)
Psychodynamics	98	(7)
Object Relations	105	(4)
Ego Development	109	(10)
Existential Orientation: Playful Exploration of the World	119	(2)
Conclusion	121	(2)
Ego Development and Dualism in Adolescence	123	(33)
Psychodynamics	124	(6)
Object Relations	130	(12)
Ego Development	142	(9)
Existential Concerns: Identity Testing and Identity Anxiety	151	(3)
Conclusion	154	(2)
Ego Development and Dualism in Early Adulthood	156	(27)
Psychodynamics	158	(3)
Object Relations	161	(3)
Ego Development	164	(10)
Existential Project: Earning Being and Value---The Identity Project	174	(7)
Conclusion	181	(2)
Midlife Transvaluation and Pathologies of The Self	183	(34)
The Disillusionment of the Mental Ego	185	(4)
Pathologies of the Self	189	(27)
Depression	191	(2)
Narcissism	193	(2)
Existential Syndrome	195	(9)
The Divided Self	204	(2)
The Borderline Condition	206	(10)
Conclusion	216	(1)
The First Stage of Transcendence: The Dark Night of the Senses	217	(20)
Pride Goeth Before a Fall	218	(2)
The Inverse Law of Spiritual Development	220	(1)
Passive Purgation	221	(2)
Aridity	223	(2)
Weakness of Will	225	(3)
The Bitter Pill of Self-Knowledge	228	(2)
On the Edge: Transition to the Dark Night of Spirit	230	(3)
Emergence of the Mystery of Faith	233	(2)
Conclusion	235	(2)
The Spiral Path of Transcendence: Awakening, Regression, Regeneration	237	(32)
Awakening: Rupture of Planes and Encounter with the Numinous	240	(2)
Regression in the Service of Transcendence	242	(12)
Redemptive versus Pathological Regression: On Distinguishing the Dark Night of Spirit from Psychosis	254	(2)
Regeneration in Spirit	256	(11)
Conclusion	267	(2)
Gender and Transcendence	269	(24)
Empowerment versus Withdrawal	271	(5)
Jung's Conception of the Anima and Animus: A Critique	276	(6)
Jung's Conception of the Anima and Animus: A Reconstruction	282	(4)
God the Father and the Great Goddess	286	(6)
Conclusion	292	(1)
The Goal of Transcendence: Intergration	293	(26)
Features of Integrated Life	294	(17)
The Marriage of the Ego and the Dynamic Ground	311	(4)
Integration as Goal and New Beginning	315	(2)
Conclusion	317	(2)
Notes	319	(16)
References	335	(24)
Index	359